From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] [NET] phy/fixed.c: rework to not duplicate PHY layer functionality Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:59:52 -0500 Message-ID: <4751D958.6060500@garzik.org> References: <20071126142906.19642.45540.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: Vitaly Bordug Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:45683 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750938AbXLAV7y (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Dec 2007 16:59:54 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20071126142906.19642.45540.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Vitaly Bordug wrote: > With that patch fixed.c now fully emulates MDIO bus, thus no need > to duplicate PHY layer functionality. That, in turn, drastically > simplifies the code, and drops down line count. > > As an additional bonus, now there is no need to register MDIO bus > for each PHY, all emulated PHYs placed on the platform fixed MDIO bus. > There is also no more need to pre-allocate PHYs via .config option, > this is all now handled dynamically. > > p.s. Don't even try to understand patch content! Better: apply patch > and look into resulting drivers/net/phy/fixed.c. > > Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov > Signed-off-by: Vitaly Bordug what's the context of this patchset? 2.6.25? it's late for 2.6.24-rc, IMO. Do I have the latest version (sent Nov 26 @ 9:29am)? Jeff